English 10Lesson 42

You need your literature book

today.

Get your

warm-up

sheet out

please.

Warm-Up: ECA Question of the DayWhich sentence is the best example of alliteration?

A. Finished in February of 2008, it has the capacity to store four and a half million duplicate seed samples from collectors around the world.

B. Trends such as this have alerted scientists to the need for a global seed bank, to ensure that the genetic diversity of the world’s food crops is preserved for the future.

C. These seed samples are then shipped to Svalbard, placed in specially designed four-ply foil packages, and then sealed in boxes to be placed on high shelves within the vault.

D. Similarly, in 1949, Chinese farmers were able to grow more than ten thousand types of wheat; by 1970—just twenty-one years later!—they were able to grow only one thousand types.

Writing PointersRemember, NO “well,” “basically,” “I think.”

Use stronger words! Try to use some vocabulary words. They are JUDGING you on your vocabulary!

Use an attention getter. Do NOT start out with your thesis. Your thesis should be the last sentence in your first paragraph of an essay.

Complete attention getter worksheet.

Arthurian Legends“Real” King Arthur

Legendary King Arthur

http://www.britannia.com/history/h12.html

The King Arthur of popular legends was NOT an actual person, but historians and scholars have researched possible historical links.

Who Was Arthur? Several Theories about How Legend

Developed:Arthur as Warrior (according to Welsh

monk Nennius’ Historia Brittonum) is first reliable mention in 800s

Legend probably started with monk Geoffrey of Monmouth (translation from Celtic in 1133)

French poet added Round Table in 1155And the story continued to develop

In Search of Real Arthurhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa4v5gH3

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Arthur: The Legend

http://www.caerleon.net/history/arthur/index.htm

•Son of King Uther Pendragon

•Merlin, the Magician, advised that baby Arthur be raised in secret for safety

•Conflict when Uther died

Sword in the StoneMerlin magically set sword in stone

with inscription:

Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone is the right-wise born king of all EnglandArthur is only one who can

remove it (doesn’t realize significance at first)

In Search of Arthur

YouTube - The Sword in the Stone Song & Arthur Becomes King

Disney’s cartoon The Sword in the Stone

**Based on T.H. White’s The Once and Future King

Arthur Becomes KingSaves England from SaxonsEstablishes CamelotEstablishes Knight of the Round Table and Code of Chivalry

Knights go on Quest for Holy Grail (to cure all ills)

Camelot (from First Knight)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO1_r6slUl

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More About King ArthurExcalibur:

Magical sword that Merlin helped Arthur get from Lady of the Lake

Guinevere:Married Arthur and became Queen

Round Table:Wedding gift from Guinevere’s father

Death of ArthurCivil War developed after Lancelot betrayed Code and King with Guinevere

Arthur and nephew Mordred foughtMordred died and Arthur was

mortally woundedDying Arthur taken by 3 queens on

barge into misty Avalon

Death of Arthur (from Excalibur)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GOe5SUl

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King ArthurMany versions of this story What do you remember?

Read “Arthur Becomes King” (1938) ~ p. 972

Consider: In what ways does Wart show courage?